John Travolta, who plays the title role in “Gotti,” said of the mobster’s life, “There are no winners” News
Martin Cooper, one of several inventors inspired by “Star Trek,” came up with the first mobile phone as early as 1973 News
Industrial Wonders: The long, financially draining struggle to build the SS Great Eastern, largest ship put into water in 19th century News Self-Propelled
The “Kryptos” sculpture at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, carries an unsolved encrypted message Strangeness
Kalyazin Bell Tower is a symbol of Russia before communism: a lonely bell tower on a man-made island in a man-made lake Abandoned Spaces
Digital reconstruction reveals an 18th century Scottish woman condemned as a witch–and she has “quite a kind face” News